Family Fun Day

Join us for an extra dose of fun at the official opening of Draw It. Code It. | QUT Summer Holiday Program.

For one day only we will be presenting a range of special events including workshops and guest speaker interviews with the talented TV host, Lee Constable.

Activities from the Draw It. Code It. | QUT Summer Holiday Program will also run throughout the day including Design a bot, Sphero obstacle course, Code Coach and a hands-on Maker Space.

Image: Courtesy of Lee Constable.

FAST FIVE: CHATS WITH LEE CONSTABLE

Lee Constable takes five to chat with a fascinating line-up of guest speakers and uncovers fun facts about robots, games and tech in a series of fun and fast interviews. Guest speakers include Professor Michael Milford from Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, design expert and gamification researcher Doctor Fitz-Walter, Artistic Associate from Dead Puppet Society Helen Stephens and Samuel Ashcroft and Lindsay Watt from RAWrobotics.

Bios

QUT Professor Michael Milford

Professor Michael Milford is a leading robotics researcher conducting interdisciplinary research at the boundary between robotics, neuroscience and computer vision, and a multi-award winning educational entrepreneur. His research models the neural mechanisms in the brain underlying tasks like navigation and perception in order to develop new technologies, with a particular emphasis on challenging application domains where current techniques fail such as all-weather, anytime positioning for autonomous vehicles. He currently holds the position of Professor at QUT, as well as Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow and Chief Investigator on the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision.

Doctor Zac Fitz-Walter

Dr Zac Fitz-Walter is a gamification geek and the co-founder of the app development company at Eat More Pixels. Zac previously researched and taught at the Games Research and Interaction Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). His PhD looked at how games could be used to motivate us in everyday life.

Lindsay Watt

Lindsay Watt is final year Electronics and Software Engineering student at QUT. He is a Co-Founder and Lead Electronics Designer at RAWRobotics and has experience developing electronics and embedded systems for robotics.

Samuel Ashcroft

Samual Ashcroft is a Mechanical Engineer (Honours) student and QUT alumnus. He is the Co-Founder and Lead Mechanical Designer at RAWRobotics with a wealth of experience in industry, manufacturing, education and training.

Helen Stephens

Helen is the Artistic Associate of the Dead Puppet Society (DPS) where she works as a performer, director and facilitator of visual theatre and puppetry workshops. In this capacity she worked as the Puppet Coach for The Wider Earth (Dead Puppet Society & Queensland Theatre) and has travelled throughout remote Queensland devising puppets shows for students of the Mount Isa School of the Air. Performance credits include: Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival, La Boite), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's Dare to Share, The Tiger's Bride (Belinda Locke & QUT), Last Tree in the City (Dead Puppet Society & Artslink QLD), We are all Ghosts (Anywhere Theatre Festival), The Theory of Everything (Metro Arts), Un-natural Selection (Gold Coast Arts Centre Independents), The Nightingale and the Rose (Anywhere Theatre Festival), Sweet Surrender (2high Festival and QUT), The Harbinger (Dead Puppet Society, La Boite Indie), The In and Out People (Out of the Box Festival), Les Misérables (Ignatians Musical Society), Antigone (QUT).

Time

1:30 – 2:00pm

DURATION

30 mins

Ages

10+

Cost

Free

WHERE

P block, room 421
Science & Engineering Centre
QUT Gardens Point campus

ON THE SPOT: LEE CONSTABLE CHATS WITH SIMON HARRISON

In this pop-up interview, Lee Constable chats to Simon Harrison from the Cube Studio about the creation of the interactive game, Code-A-Bot. Lee and Simon talk about how the game was developed, what you need to know to code the robots, and Simon will share tips and tricks for improving the efficiency of this fictional recycling plant!

Time

12 – 12.30pm

Ages

10+

Cost

Free

BOOKINGS

Drop-in, no bookings required

WHERE

The Cube, Screen 1
Science & Engineering Centre
QUT Gardens Point campus

TANK COMMANDER VR

Experience an immersive video game and drive a remote control tank!

Through VR, players become tank Commanders and drive around the real world to deliver vital intel to soldiers. Will you shovel coal into the furnace to keep up speed or go slow and steady – the choice is yours! Whatever you decide, the intel is only valid for so long and time is of the essence!

Time

10am – 4pm

Ages

BOOKINGS

Drop-in, no bookings required

WHERE

P Block, Room 506
Level 5, Science and Engineering Centre

PRESENTED BY

Virtually Robotic

SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOP WITH THE DEAD PUPPET SOCIETY

Create and perform with your own shadow puppet character in this hands-on workshop. Construct and personalise your puppet in the maker space, then learn the elements of Focus, Breath and Gravity to bring your puppet to life in performance! Led by Helen Stephens, Artistic Associate at The Dead Puppet Society, this fun-filled workshop introduces the magical world of puppetry and provides opportunities to make, play and perform.

In their quest to reawaken the art of puppetry, The Dead Puppet Society is a production house and design company which creates eclectic puppet-based visual theatre in Australia and the United States.

Time

10:15am, 11:30am, 2:30pm

DURATION

1 hour

Ages

5 – 8 years old recommended (Adult supervision required)

Cost

Free – BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Booking required for child participating in the workshop only. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, otherwise your place may be given to someone else

WHERE

QUT Art Museum

DRAW IT. CODE IT. | QUT SUMMER HOLIDAY PROGRAM

An exciting family holiday program featuring a diverse mix of interactive activities to suit the tech-inclined and those who love to draw, play and create at The Cube and QUT Art Museum.

The Cube will present a free, hands-on summer holiday program for kids and families to sharpen their tech skills, tinker with innovative new learning tools at the drop-in Maker Space, discover robot and recycling facts with a roving Treasure Hunt, and learn the basics of robotics at The Cube's latest interactive project Code-A-Bot and at our fun Sphero obstacle course.

Drop in to QUT Art Museum any time from 10am to 4pm to get crafty and creative. Draw a self-portrait, become a character in our dress-up zone or create, perform and play with your own shadow puppets! Be inspired by the exhibition Portray and Play featuring portraits from major Dutch photographers Hendrik Kerstens and Erwin Olaf, and works from the QUT Art Collection.

VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM AT QUT ART MUSEUM

Time

10am – 4pm

Ages

Cost

Free

WHERE

The Cube & QUT Art Museum
Science and Engineering Centre
QUT Gardens Point Campus